Downtown Hannibal is starting to take on a holiday look. Friday morning, members of the Hannibal Parks and Recreation Department could be seen installing a large light display next to the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau on Mark Twain Avenue.

Hannibal-LaGrange College recognized the annual alumni award winners during Homecoming at the alumni banquet on Friday, Nov. 7. Dr. Benny F. Tucker was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award, Larry B. Craig was given the Outstanding Service Award, and Erica M. Henry Baldwin was named the Outstanding Young Alumnus.

Missouri National Guardsmen from the 2175th Military Police Company, based out of Hannibal and Moberly, recently competed against their peers in the 175th Military Police Battalion’s Commander’s Cup Competition.

If the Tour of Missouri pro bicycle race comes to Northeast Missouri in 2009, its course will first take it through council chambers at Hannibal City Hall. At the Tuesday, Dec. 2, meeting of the city council, members of that body will be asked permission to proceed with the city’s application.

Jeremy Griesbaum of Taylor has been awarded the Elyzabeth Schell Scholarship from the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) for the 2008-2009 academic year.

David Hoffman is starting his new job as sheriff a bit earlier than planned.
 

The two-year-old Tour of Missouri could be making its first detour into Northeast Missouri next September if a local group has its way.

Hundreds of volunteer searchers cheered when they learned 3-year-old Colby Paasch of rural Lincoln County had been found in good condition seven hours after he was reported missing Wednesday afternoon.
 

The percentage of parents and teachers meeting this fall to discuss student progress was up at the high school and Hannibal Career and Technical Center. That news was shared during Wednesday night’s meeting of the Hannibal Board of Education.